Substance-Free Athletics® (SFA) & Protect Your Game®: For Athletic Directors & Prevention Professionals

Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST Location: Virtual Regional Webinar Register HERE.

The New England HIDTA Prevention Initiative invites prevention professionals, school leaders, athletic directors, coaches, and community partners to join this free regional webinar focused on the powerful role athletics and trusted adult mentorship can play in youth substance use prevention.

This engaging session will introduce the evidence-informed Substance-Free Athletics® (SFA) and Protect Your Game® approach, which leverages youth sports as a platform to strengthen leadership, connection, healthy decision-making, and positive school and team culture among student-athletes.

Attendees will hear practical strategies, prevention insights, and real-world perspectives from coaches, prevention leaders, student-athletes, public safety professionals, and community leaders from across New England.

Topics will include:

• Building positive and substance-free team culture

• Strengthening trusted adult mentorship and connection

• Leveraging athletics as a prevention and wellness strategy

• Supporting healthy leadership and decision-making among student-athletes

• Collaborating across schools, prevention coalitions, athletics, and public safety sectors
  

This webinar is especially relevant for:

• Athletic Directors

• School Leaders & Administrators

• Coaches & Youth Sports Organizations

• Prevention Professionals & Community Coalitions

• School Resource Officers & Public Safety Partners

• Anyone supporting or mentoring young people through athletics
  

Participants are encouraged to share this opportunity widely with athletic directors, school leadership teams, coaches, youth sports organizations, and prevention networks throughout New England.

Together, we can continue expanding prevention through positive youth engagement, healthy identity development, and trusted adult relationships — helping student-athletes “Protect Their Game.”

Registration: Click here to register for the webinar